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    Got your sweet potato slips started?

    Got mine immersed in jars of water and held up by toothpicks and they are producing slips but now wondering whether putting them in potting compost and misting is better. Next year I will have to experiment with both methods.
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    How Has SS Made an Impact on Your Life?

    SS is a lifetime commitment and the forum has been invaluable with so many like minded people with a collective knowledge that is brilliant. Whatever new task you consider undertaking somebody has had the experience and is happy to share their knowledge. SS is invaluable and educating...
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    Any good itch remedies?

    We always finf aloe vera is good for bites. It's a natural antiseptic agent which makes it a great remedy for all sorts of bites. Take fresh aloe vera leaf and cut it and rub on the juice onto the affected area.
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    Our book has been published

    Tastes very much like green tea. A very nice and refreshing flavour.
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    I think my lettuce bolted... now what?

    You could allow it to self-seed and you will get early lettuce soon as the conditions for germination are right.
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    Our book has been published

    Your'e right Britsea the best part of living in Cyprus is absolutely our olive trees. Not only are the olives are lovely, they provide us with gorgeous olive oil, wood and kindling for the stove and we have recently discovered that olive leaves make a beneficial tea. Apparently, the tea is...
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    Our book has been published

    Now you mention it, rhubarb is one of the things we really miss, you cannot beat the taste of a rhubarb crumble and using any other fruit never tastes as good.
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    Our book has been published

    Thanks Marianne, believe me sometimes we wish it was milder
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    Our book has been published

    Not been blogging much or writing on forums recently as we have been busy writing and preparing our book for publication Our dream of working our own land was fulfilled when they moved to Cyprus in 2009. Gardening in the Mediterranean was a new experience and the book evolved from a website and...
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    compost bin location

    The sun has nothing to do with the heat being generated by the bacteria that is digesting your composting material. However the sun may cause moisture loss by heating your material causing evaporation which may slow down the decaying process, so putting compost in the sun can be more of a...
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    Olive Leaf Tea

    Thanks Baymule. Glad to hear olive trees are spreading the world needs olive oil. Not been around for a while as I have been busy, not only gardening, but in the process of getting a book published on gardening in sub-tropical locations.
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    Olive Leaf Tea

    Where would we be without our wonderful olive trees which supply us with edible green and black olives, olive oil and kindling and wood for our wood burning stove. We have now discovered that the leaves are also a very useful resource and make a very healthy tea. A tea which has been brewed in...
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    Bananas!

    Terrific harvest. We had a lovely banana cake yesterday and it would have been great to use homegrown ones.
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    Cold sore?

    I rub olive oil on lip sores which seems to work for me.
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